Saturday, April 13, 2013

Overheard in Washington, D.C.:



Mitch McConnell

"Let's see... so far we have hobbled the public defender system..."


Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), whose personal fortune is estimated at $50 million.




Eric Cantor
- - -




"... laid off blind workers..."

Eric Cantor (R-Virginia), Majority Leader for the House, whose personal worth is estimated at between $3.4 and $9.4 million, while he earns $193,400 per year in Congress.





John Boehner
- - -



"... cut benefits to the longterm unemployed..."

Speaker of the House John Boehner, whose personal fortune is estimated at between $1.7 and $5.5 million.





- - -

 
Paul Ryan



"... thrown people receiving housing subsidies LITERALLY into the street..."

Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the U.S. House GOP Budget Committee, whose personal net worth is estimated at between $2 million and $9 million.



Mitch McConnell


- - -



"... closed Headstart programs..."

 Mitch McConnell


Eric Cantor


- - -




"... forced cancer patients to travel thousands of miles for treatment..."
Eric Cantor


John Boehner
- - -



"... sat by as federal contract cuts canceled construction projects and furloughed workers ..."


John Boehner



 
Paul Ryan
- - -




"... placed the nutrition of millions of babies and pregnant women..."
Paul Ryan



- - -



Mitch McConnell

"... watched universities cancel programs
and furlough people..."
Mitch McConnell
Eric Cantor
 

- - -

"...totally cut tuition assistance to our military and veterans..."
Eric Cantor




- - -
John Boehner



"... seen our national parks slash programs and staff..."
John Boehner





- - -

 
Paul Ryan



"...and cut grants for medical and scientific research."
Paul Ryan



- - -

Mitch McConnell




"AND JUST THINK, WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED WITH THIS SEQUESTER! But don't you see? We told you no one would really notice the cuts. We told you no one would be hurt by the cuts."
Mitch McConnell



Eric Cantor
- - -




"See how right we were? Low- and middle-income Americans aren't really people, are they?"

Eric Cantor

 

- - -

Kermit




"Uhmmmm... guys? This sequester is hitting the wrong people in the wrong places at the wrong time. Don't you think you can go back and maybe revise some things?"

Kermit the Frog, famous Muppet and social commentator







 
Paul Ryan
- - -




"Shut the fuck up, pork breath. We absolutely cannot raise taxes on the upper class in this country and if that means a few million babies go hungry and become malnourished, that's the way the ball bounces."

Paul Ryan
 

- - -



Kermit

"But don't you see how most of the cuts imposed are hitting the poor, the sick, and the blue collar workers of America much harder than they are hitting any other groups? Those least able to afford it are being made to pay the highest costs. I think someone warned about that. And isn't it a fact that not one single member of the House or Senate had their salary cut under the sequester."

Kermit the Frog





- - -

Mitch McConnell



"Shut up, Kermit or we'll slash funding to PBS as well and we'll be having frog legs for dinner."
Mitch McConnell






Kermit
- - -




"Mine would taste like felt, even if you used shallots and butter, so shut the fuck up yourself, McConnell. You prick."
Kermit the Frog 

No comments: